Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/June/June 21
Book releases
- 1985 - Skeleton Crew, the second collection of short fiction by Stephen King
Film releases
- 1972 - Beware! The Blob, the sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob
- 1985 - Cocoon, a science fiction film directed by Ron Howard
- 1985 - Lifeforce, a science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper
- 1991 - The Rocketeer, a period science fiction adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures
- 1991 - Suburban Commando, a science fiction comedy film starring Hulk Hogan
- 2002 - Minority Report, science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick
- 2006 - Superman Returns, a science fiction superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman
- 2008 - Tokyo Gore Police, a Japanese near-future gore film
Television series
- 1989 - Hard Time on Planet Earth, an American science fiction series, finishes airing on CBS
- first-run syndication
Births
- 1935 - William Tuning (d. 1982), an American author of science fiction
- 1944 - Akira Hori, a Japanese science fiction writer
- 1948 - Vasili Golovachov, a Russian science fiction writer
- 1952 - David J. Skal, an American cultural historian known for his writings on horror films and horror literature
- 1956 - Jeff Green, a Canadian author, playwright, producer, and director
Deaths
- 1934 - Thorne Smith (b. 1892), an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction
- 2007 - Douglas Hill (b. 1935), a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer
Anniversaries and events
- 1992 - Calvin and Hobbes suggests "Horrendous Space Kablooie" as an alternative name for the Big Bang
- 2000 - Release of Star Trek: Klingon Academy, a starship combat space flight simulator computer game
- 2005 - Release of Destroy All Humans!, a science fiction third-person shooter adventure video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ